Ritchie Torres

Permanent child tax credit would do for children what Medicare and Social Security did for senior citizens. It would end extreme poverty among the most vulnerable Americans.

It is real money. The South Bronx is said to be the poorest congressional district in America and there is no single policy that would do more to lift the South Bronx out of poverty than the American Family Act which would permanently…

As a person of color who has seen in my own life the dehumanizing effect of stop-and-frisk policing in New York City, I know firsthand that the Achilles' heel of American policing is the absence of accountability. We, as a country, have a…

We cannot simply honor our essential workers with hollow words. We, as a country, have to put our money where our mouth is and do right by them.

She is exactly right. The promise of America is that if you work hard and play by the rules, then you should have access to a decent, dignified life. Too many of our essential workers are paid starvation wages. You have people who are…

I thank Teresa for those kind words. I have the honor of representing New York 15, the South Bronx, which is often said to be the poorest congressional district in America. The unemployment rate in the South Bronx can be as high as 25…

I want to pay tribute to my classmate, Congress Member Nikema Williams, who, as the chair of the Georgia Democratic Party, was instrumental in winning the Senate for the Democratic Party. Thanks to the leadership of on-the-ground…

I thank the gentlewoman, as always, for the inspiration of words. Our colleague, Congressman Jones, spoke earlier of Brown v. Board of Education. Brown v. Board of Education was the first legal case I ever read. In high school, I…

It is an honor to rise to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an institution like no other, the Congressional Black Caucus. I am honored to be in the presence of fierce and formidable public servants like the CBC chair, Joyce Beatty, and…

Delay is deadly. The longer the delay, the higher the death toll.

It is refreshing to have a new President who is committed to crushing the virus rather than crushing our democracy.

I am proposing prohibiting cyber mercenaries from engaging in cyber operations against their own country or against an ally of the United States.

Even though White Supremacist violence has been the dominant driver of domestic terrorism in the United States for decades, the Federal Government did not designate a White Supremacist group as a terrorist organization until 2020.

The lack of preparedness on the part of the Federal Government for the siege on the U.S. Capitol reflects a deeper problem.

The economic reality for Americans varies widely depending on your ZIP Code, and often depending on the color of your skin.

We should harness the power of this moment to rewrite the social contract with public housing residents and give them the safeties in affordable housing that they deserve, which is long overdue.

I would not be in the United States Congress were it not for public housing, which gave me something that all of us need -- a safe, decent, affordable home.

The worst slumlord in the country is the federal government, which has savagely starved public housing of the funding it desperately needs.

We need to extend the child tax credit which would cut child poverty by 40 percent in the span of one year.

My highest priority is to put my constituents back to work. In the South Bronx the unemployment rate is 25 percent, which is comparable to the joblessness of the Great Depression. We`ve seen a catastrophic loss of income.

It serves as a reminder of the need to investigate everyone in the prior administration who aided and abetted Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the result of the election. And as far as I’m concerned, Jeffrey Clark should be disbarred…

The dangerous mob that Donald Trump unleashed on the United States Capitol represents a violent assault on the separation of powers and on the peaceful transfer of power that we have long taken for granted. The impeachment of Donald Trump…

The dangerous mob that Donald Trump unleashed on the United States Capitol represents a violent assault on the separation of powers and on the peaceful transfer of power that we have long taken for granted. The impeachment of Donald Trump…

We desperately need an infusion of federal funding from Washington, D.C. to stabilize our families.

The obstructionism of Mitch McConnell is going to be a stumbling block to bring relief to families in greatest need.